Truck.



PATENTED AUG. 8, 1905.

W. H. ARMSTRONG.

TRUCK.

APPLIOATION FILED MAB.24.1905.

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ATTORNEYS WILLIAM HAROLD ARMSTRONG, OF VANWERT, OHIO.

TRUCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1905.

Application filed March 24, 1905. Serial No. 251,839.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HAROLD ARM- STRONG, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Vanwert, in the county of Van Wert and Stateof Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Truck, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in hand-trucks particularlyadapted for carrying heating-radiators, the object being to provide atruck that may be readily adjusted to different sizes of radiators andhaving means for firmly gripping a radiator so as to prevent anymovement thereof relative to the truck.

I will describe a truck embodying my invention and then point out thenovel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a truck embodying my invention. Fig. 2is a plan thereof, partly in section; and Fig. 3 is a section on theline w w of Fig. 2.

The truck comprises an axle 1, longitudinally of which thesupporting-wheels 2 are adjustable. As here shown, these wheels havetheir hearings on sleeve 3 and are held in position on said sleeves bymeans of rings 4, held by set-screws 5. The axle 1 is provided with alongitudinal channel 6 for receiving the set-bolts 7 which engage intapped holes in the sleeves and pass into said channel. Each sleeve hasextended upwardly and rearwardly from it asocket member 8 for receivinga handle-bar 9, of wood or other suitable material, and each sleeve alsohas an upwardly-extended member 10 for receiving the vertical portion ofa gripper-plate carryingbar 11, the horizontally-disposed portion ofwhich is bolted to the handle-bar. Each bar 11 is provided with a bolt12, on which a gripper-plate l3 swings. The gripper-plates have V-shapednotches 14 for receiving portions of the radiator.

A chain 19 is attached, by means of an eye 20, to one of the handle-barsand is designed to engage one of its links with a hook 21 on the otherhandle-bar. This chain is designed to be used for carrying smallradiatorssuch, for instance, as a radiator of about eighteen inches inheight.

In the operation one end of the radiator to be transported is to belifted and the truck passed underneath the same to about its center, andthen the gripping-plates are moved into position to engage with theradiator, which, it will be understood, is arranged lengthwise of thetruck.

A truck embodying my invention will be found very useful in carryingradiators or the like over a hardwood or finished floor without dangerof marring or scratching the floor and can be operated by one man afterthe radiator is on the truck.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1 A hand-truck comprising an axle, wheels adjustablelengthwise of the axle, handle-bars extended from the axle, barsextended from the axle to connection with the handle-bars, andgripping-plates mounted to swing on said last-named bars.

2. A hand-truck comprising an axle, sleeves adjustable lengthwise on theaxle, Wheels having their bearings on said sleeves, handle-bars extendedfrom the sleeves, gripper-plate-supporting bars having vertical portionsextended from the sleeves and also having horizontal portions connectingwith the handle-bars, and gripping-plates mounted to swing on saidlast-named bars and having V-shaped notches.

3. A truck comprising an axle having a longitudinal channel, sleevesmovable along said axle, set-screws engaging with said sleeves andadapted to pass into said channel, handlebars extended from the sleeves,gripper-bars having connection with the sleeves, and also with thehandle-bars, and plates mounted to swing on the bars and having V shapednotches.

4. A truck comprising an axle, sleeves adjustable lengthwise of saidaxle, means for holdingthe sleeves as adjusted, wheels having theirbearings on said sleeves, handle-bars extending from the sleeves, achain connecting the handle-bars, gripper-supporting bars havingconnection with said sleeves and also with the handle-bars, bolts onsaid bars, and plates having pivotal connection with said bolts, thesaid plates having V-shaped notches.

5. A hand-truck comprising an axle, sleeves adjustable along said axle,means for locking the sleeves as adjusted, wheels having their bearingson said sleeves, rings detachably engaging the sleeves and engaging withthe outer ends of the wheel-hubs, handle-bars extended from the sleeves,gripper-supporting bars having connection with the handle-bars and withsaid sleeves, the said gripper-supporting bars having horizontalportions, and gripping-plates arranged to swing on the bars.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

' WILLIAM HAROLD ARMSTRONG.

Witnesses:

Mrs. W. H. ARMSTRONG, Mrs. H. E. ELLIo'r'r.

